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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Willesden 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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TABLE A.
| Defect or Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | By private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 1,129 | 18* | 0 | 1,147 |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 1,138 | 22 | 0 | 1,160 |
* In addition to this number, 166 cases of visual defect received attention by Voluntary Hospital, private
practitioner or optician, but it was not known whether they were submitted to refraction.
In the above table the figures of 1,129 and 18 represent the cases submitted to refraction
during the year no matter whether they are new cases or cases arising out of re-examination. One
individual child may be submitted to refraction more than once during the year and would appear
in the above table on each occasion.
TABLE B.
The following table shows the cases dealt with during the year whether they were submitted to refraction or not and includes new cases, cases seen for purposes of re-examination, and also cases (whether seen by the Oculist or not) receiving attention on account of lost or broken spectacles.
| Defect or Disease. | Number of Defects dealt with. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Authority's Scheme. | By private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. | Otherwise. | Total. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Errors of Refraction (including squint) | 2,365 | 184 | 2,549 | |
| Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 2,374 | 188 | 2,562 | |